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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2017, 7:24 PM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2017, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Martin County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
509
WFUS52 KMHX 242324
TORMHX
NCC117-250000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.170524T2324Z-170525T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
724 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 800 PM EDT
* At 724 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Tarboro, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Martin County, including the following locations: Oak
City and Hassell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Please send your reports of wind and/or hail damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 7732 3605 7730 3603 7727 3601 7721
3599 7721 3599 7720 3597 7719 3596 7720
3596 7719 3586 7735 3591 7734 3600 7741
3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 220DEG 24KT 3592 7741
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SGK1 follow-up statement
475
WWUS52 KMHX 242341
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
741 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
NCC117-250000-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170525T0000Z/
Martin NC-
741 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
At 740 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles southeast of Scotland Neck, or 14 miles
northeast of Tarboro, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Oak City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 7732 3605 7730 3603 7727 3601 7722
3591 7734 3592 7734 3600 7741 3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 220DEG 24KT 3600 7732
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SGKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:06 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 48 hr | |
| May 24, 6:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 51 hr | |
| May 24, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 23 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.